Draws on nearly three years of ethnographic research to provide a comprehensive view of Jdo Shinsh temple life with temple wives at its centre. Throughout, Jessica Starling focuses on ""domestic religion"", a mode of doing religion centering on more informal religious expression that has received scant attention in the scholarly literature.
Jessica Starling is assistant professor of religious studies and Asian studies at Lewis & Clark College.
Mark Michael Rowe is associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies, McMaster University.